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Nicholas Dawidoff
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Moe Berg begin playing professional baseball?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1919.

2. How many hits did Moe Berg have in the 1931 season?
(a) 1.
(b) 7.
(c) 0.
(d) 5.

3. What was a spy organization begun at the beginning of World War II to gather intelligence in the same manner as England's MI-6?
(a) OHS.
(b) OSS.
(c) SHS.
(d) SHO.

4. How old was Moe Berg when he begged his mother to let him start school?
(a) 2 and 1/2.
(b) 3 and 1/2.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

5. What color suits did Moe Berg traditionally wear?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Blue.
(d) Gray.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1926, Moe informed his team that he would not be able to join them until two months into the season because he needed to do what?

2. The teams that approached Moe Berg after his college graduation were looking for a player who was what in order to bring in fans?

3. Part of the reason Moe was a quiet student in college was an underlying prejudice against what that existed at the school at the time?

4. Who did Moe Berg sign with in April of 1924?

5. What assistant managing editor of the New York Times received letters from someone claiming to be Moe Berg in the Prologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dr. Sam Berg. What was his relationship with his brother Moe?

2. What university did Moe enter in 1919? What was his demeanor there described as?

3. With whom did Moe Berg play in the 1923 baseball season? Where did he go in Paris when the season ended in Chapter 4, "Robin in Paris"?

4. Describe Moe Berg's rooftop filming in Japan in Chapter 7, "Strange Foreigner with Camera." Where did he film from?

5. What did Moe Berg do to earn a high impression from John McGraw in Chapter 4, "Robin in Paris"? What academic pursuits did Moe Berg attain in Paris?

6. Where did Moe Berg go to work after quitting baseball, as described in Chapter 1, "The Public Berg: Professor Moe"?

7. What did Moe Berg take along with him on his second trip to Japan in Chapter 7, "Strange Foreigner with Camera"? Who had contracted Berg?

8. Where did Moe Berg travel after his first trip to Japan in Chapter 7, "Strange Foreigner with Camera"?

9. What was the principle objective of Bernard Berg as described in Chapter 2, "Youth: Runt Wolfe"?

10. For whom did Moe Berg play in the 1931 season in Chapter 6, "You Never Knew He Was Around"? How many games did he play?

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